CVE-2009-1234

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Published Apr 2, 2009 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 6.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Opera 9.64 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an XML document containing a long series of start-tags with no corresponding end-tags. NOTE: it was later reported that 9.52 is also affected.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.52:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:9.64:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.5% (6.523% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
http://websecurity.com.ua/3216/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34298
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49522
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5432
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8320

History

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Subscriptions

Opera Opera Browser

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:04 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 2, 2009, 5:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 5:04 AM
Reserved: Apr 2, 2009, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 11:06 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 2, 2009, 5:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 11:06 PM

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